Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. It’s a mountainous region with marked climate contrasts, and unique in that you can find the only semi-desert zone on the island here. More than 900 kilometers separate Havana from this area where Baracoa, the First City of Cuba, can be found. The city of Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa was founded in 15ll by the Spanish Governor Diego Velázquez and was converted into the first capital and first bishopric of Cuba.